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  • Another ski Sunday for us! John hit the main slope for the first time! After a quick demo on how the Poma lift worked we headed up the main slope.⁠ ⁠ We used John’s swatcom headsets (usually used for climbing) from @talkingheadsetsltd to keep in contact while on the lift, calling 3,2,1 release for him to get off. The different coloured matting also helped a lot with lining up ready to get on and in spotting where to get off. ⁠ ⁠ With the lift mastered it was all about getting down in control which John did a great job of despite a few nerves and wobbles. ⁠ ⁠ Thanks to Sarah and Kevin at @norfolksnowsportsclub⁠ ⁠ #AdventuresWithSightloss #Adaptive ⁠
  • It’s been time to get back on the bike! We sought an adventure close to home so packed our bags and set off from John’s house. (After saying bye to Guide dog Daisy of course). We headed to beneath Spaghetti junction where lies an equally complicated network of cycle paths and canals and chose the one that would take us towards Telford. We had no idea how far we’d get but that’s not what it was about! #AdventuresWithSightloss @theyestribe @litelokuk @santosbikesnl
  • Since our New Years Day dip (no wetsuit) we’ve been to the beach twice to test our our new @orcasportswear wetsuits. We’ve never had a swimming wetsuit before these are making an absolutely massive difference! One problem we’ve encountered are freezing cold fingers and toes! We tried some cheap neoprene socks we already had and the gloves we thought would work the best but they made next to no difference. Today we’ll be going back armed with new swimming gloves and socks. Hope they keep us nice and toasty when we go back again today! @theyestribe @wyattandjack #wildswimming #seaswimming #winterswimming #adventureswithsightloss
  • Happy new year! We spent the day doing a dip in the sea, running along the prom and watching some fireworks. What did you do? @wyattandjack @theyestribe #AdventuredWithSightloss
  • While in Lisbon, we took a day trip to #Sintra. There are lots of tours you can book but the train is fast and cheap and the attractions can be reached on foot. We loved Quinta da Regaleira, a gothic style house with really interesting gardens including 2 huge wells, cave systems and towers. Great fun. >>> #Lisbon #Sintra #thingstodoinlisbon #travel #adventureswithsightloss
  • Great to be back climbing again! We’ve both had a little break from climbing over the summer as we’ve been super busy but it’s so good to be back! #climbwhenready #adventureswithsightloss @andreaboldrini_official @theyestribe @talkingheadsetsltd
  • What's it like to get yourself around a ship when you can't see? We challenged a few of our shipmates to find out! Tenacious has tactile guides around the ship to help people with sightloss navigate themselves around. We still provided John as backup incase anybody decided to throw themselves down the stairs! To see more of our sailing videos head to@our dacebook@page via the link in our bio. #adventureswithsightloss @theyestribe #sayyesmore #tallships
  • After our little stop off in Porto it’s been back at sea for a few days. Somehow it’s our last day on the ship and we are due to anchor close to Lisbon for the night. The seas have once again been rough, but perhaps not as rough as before and after motoring west for a while, we turned south and have actually been under sail most of the time since. Generally the sails help with the bounciness of the ship, but in return you get a lot more list (lean/tilt). We’re both on opposite sides of the ship so we’ve have differing opinions on which side of tilt is best. We both prefer rolling in, rather than out of bed! We’ve started to get pretty tired the last few days. Every day at sea seems to take a little more energy from us than we can restore. There’s always so much to do and in a place where the ground is constantly shifting, your body is constantly having to shift and adjust too. It all adds up. We’ve had night watches of late. 4am-midnight. Midnight to 4am. 4am to 8am. Between these shifts there have been sails to set and yards to brace. Most of our mornings have also involved handing sails which makes it hard to get any rest. On watch, breakfast, morning meeting, happy hour (cleaning the ship), smoko (morning break), handing sails, lunch, rest then another watch. Good sleep is hard to come by in rough seas and it’s definitely taking it’s toll. We have had a couple of opportunities to climb out onto the bow sprit which has been cool. Lying down on a net with the sea below. It’s actually one of the most comfortable places on the ship. We’ve also climbed the mast at sea (and we’re late for supper as a result) but it was such a good place to enjoy the only sunset we’ve seen all trip. We’re told by those who have been on trips before that this has been a tough one. Even the captain has described it as an endurance test! Looking forward go getting our feet back on dry land! #AdventuresWithSightloss @theyestribe @wyattandjack
  • We’ve been at sea the last few days and well away from any coastline. We had a tricky start, setting off in close a gale and with a strong tide which was rocking us side to side. Seasickness has been a problem, more so for John who, if we’re being honest, had been a touch emotional. Feeling like you are going to die can do that to a person! He certainly hasn’t been the only one. The good news is that we’ve had some calmer weather and we’ve both got our sea legs, as have most people on the ship. The amount of people arriving for meals is a good indication of that. What have we been up to? Well, we’ve both done a few watches now which is where our small team (watch) helms the ship and keeps a look out. We had a busy midnight-4am watch in the English Channel with lots of ships about. Lauren messed up the steering a bit and scared another boat 😂 John had a go on a later watch using the talking compass with good success! We’ve also had mess duty and have climbed the masts and yards to stow the sails (we’ve had a headwind). When we change direction we often have to move the yards into the opposite direction. Lots of pulling on ropes! Because of his sea sickness, John missed his mess duty. He’ll have another chance! We’re all good and we are enjoying ourselves now the sea sickness has passed (mostly). Yesterday was a very tough day pushing into a headwind with the engines. The sails have been up a while now which calms things down a bit. Helpful in a force 7-8. We’re going to stop somewhere in Spain today to let the storm we’ve been running away from pass before continuing down to Lisbon. The captain said we might spend a night or two in Porto too!
  • Today we’ve had a breezy climb up the masts. We’re still at the port at the moment and the plan is to leave but there is a strong wind blowing us into the berth. We might not be able leave today but the plan is to give it a go! We’re on watch today from 12.30 and John is on mess duty.
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